It's not really a new direction, when you take OMG's history into account. In 1997, OMG expanded its scope to include modeling with the adoption of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Meta-Object Facility (MOF™). 

Although it has always been true that UML models can be implemented on any platform, the continuing proliferation of middleware "silver bullets" suggested that a platform-independent UML model is the secret to software stability and ROI - a stake that REMAINS fixed in the ground while the infrastructure around it shifts over time. 

The MDA UNITES OMG's well-established modeling standards with not only CORBA but also every other middleware TECHNOLOGY - past, present, and future - to integrate what you've built, with what you're building, with what you're going to build. RATHER than focusing on yet another "next best thing," MDA raises the bar and DESIGNS portability and interoperability into the application at the model level.

It's not really a new direction, when you take OMG's history into account. In 1997, OMG expanded its scope to include modeling with the adoption of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Meta-Object Facility (MOF™). 

Although it has always been true that UML models can be implemented on any platform, the continuing proliferation of middleware "silver bullets" suggested that a platform-independent UML model is the secret to software stability and ROI - a stake that remains fixed in the ground while the infrastructure around it shifts over time. 

The MDA unites OMG's well-established modeling standards with not only CORBA but also every other middleware technology - past, present, and future - to integrate what you've built, with what you're building, with what you're going to build. Rather than focusing on yet another "next best thing," MDA raises the bar and designs portability and interoperability into the application at the model level.